Monday April 27, 2009, 77 miles (124 km) - Total so far: 2,069 miles (3,330 km)
Weather: Temperatures 66-85, winds southeast at 15-25 mph and gusty, skies were cloudy to partly cloudy.
Today was a nice ride, despite the wind, through small Cajun villages and past many craw fish ponds. The terrain was flat, and many of the roads were rough - usually the case on Louisiana back roads. But traffic was light and the wind was mostly a cross-wind which didn't impede our progress all that much. We have had a consistent southeast wind for the past 4 days. Hopefully it will change directions before we start heading south again toward the Gulf coast. The high light of the ride today, as far as I am concerned, was at the end. Larry found a local place that sold fresh boudin and he brought us a mess of it to the motel - freshly made and still hot. Boudin is an extremely good-tasting sausage like stuff made only in Louisiana, as far as I know. It is made of cooked rice and ground pork and good Cajun spices encased in - well you don't need know what it is encased in. But I love boudin and we devoured all we had in short order. We were glad to have Curt back in the group today. Charles picked him up last night at the airport in Beaumont, TX. Thanks, Charles!!!! Tomorrow is another long day, about 128 miles. Originally I had calculated it at 110 miles, but after a re-calculation I determined the distance to be more like 128. Oh well, after 100 miles, a few more won't make much difference.
City street in Cajun country
Yes - once again Larry and once again... DO NOT DO THIS AT HOME!
Larry held this up to show Flat Stanley because he knew all the kids from his class would be getting to see the snakes at the zoo today... and he didn't have to miss out either!
uncle later...
Uncle Barry, Flat Stanley, and Share Bear
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